COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CHRONIC DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HSA 6090 CHRONIC DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY ELECTIVE 1 0 0 3

Offered By

Public Health

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BELGIN ÜNAL

Offered to

Public Health
Public Health

Course Objective

To understand & comprehend the magnitute & importance of CDs; be able to define risk factors & preventive measures

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand & learn epidemiology of CDs
2   to define risk factors
3   to define preventive measures
4   be able to follow literature
5   learn ethical & legal aspects of CDs

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of CDs / Demographic & epidemiological transformation
2 Functionality, QoL & CDs
3 Burden of CDs, DALY, QALY
4 Burden of CDs, DALY, QALY
5 Epidemiyology of CHDs / Risk factors of CHDs
6 Control programs Examples of effective control programs North Carelia, CINDI, CARMEN, MONICA
7 Türkiye s CHDs policy
8 Canser epi, risk factors & prevention
9 National cancer prevention policies / Cancer registries
10 Diet & CDs
11 Mortality
12 CASE STUDY
13 CASE STUDY
14 CASE STUDY
15 CASE STUDY

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Brownson RC, Remington PI, Davis JR, eds. Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Control. Second Edition. American Public Health Association Washington, DC 1998.
2. Kuh D, Ben-Shlomo Y, eds. A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology. Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, 1997.
3. Kelsey JL, Whittemore A, Evans AS, Thompson WD. Methods in Observational Epidemiology. Second Edition. Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, 1996.
4. Ebrahim S, Davey Smith G. Multiple risk factor interventions for primary prevention of coronary heart disease. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1999, Issue 1

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRF PERFORMANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr.belgin Ünal

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 1 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 2 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 5 5 25
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 85

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
LO.1
LO.2
LO.3
LO.4
LO.5

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